CSO FUNCTIONS
At the back of the courtroom the CSO watches people come in.
What is monitoring the entrances to the courtroom?
Be a resident of Ontario who is 18 years of age.
What is who can serve on a jury
Moving between the juror’s lounge and the courtroom
What is escorting the jury?
Reading out a juror number.
What is calling the jury?
No cell phones, alcohol or recreational cannabis permitted.
What is Guidelines for Jurors When Sequestered?
Bring in the next witness.
What is calling and assisting witnesses?
I administer the jury panel on jury selection day.
What is the role of the sheriff
Don’t answer questions about the court proceedings.
What is interacting with the jury?
Composition of a criminal jury.
What is 12 jurors and 2 alternates?
When a hotel room and meals are provided.
What is juror accommodations?
Animated talking leads to dry mouth.
What is providing water to the witness?
Coordinating the annual jury questionnaire process.
What is The Provincial Jury Centre (PJC)
Jurors remain on site once they announce they arrived.
What is jury panel sign-in?
Screening out potential biases in juries.
What is challenge for cause?
No clock! I might sleep in.
What is a wake-up call?
The truth the whole truth and nothing but the
What is an oath/affirmation?
Placing a juror on a future panel date.
What is juror deferral?
Arranging for visual language interpretation.
What is Accommodations for People with Disabilities?
After the PJO charges the jury.
What is retirement of the jury?
Done before assisting jurors before deliberation begins.
What is swearing-in/affirming of CSOs?
When the PJO is entering/exiting the courtroom.
What is “Order. All rise”?
Has attended jury duty within the last three years.
What is who cannot serve on a jury?
Found in contempt of court under s.39 of the Juries Act.
What is an absentee juror?
Calling parties back to the courtroom.
What is a verdict? What is a question from the jury?
Notes from the deliberating jury.
What are questions from the jury?